How to be happy: daily life in Bhutan – in pictures

How to be happy: daily life in Bhutan – in pictures

Photographer Jean-Baptiste Lopez travelled to the remote and isolated kingdom of Bhutan in pursuit of happiness, a concept the Bhutanese value above all else – and one which is putting this tiny Buddhist state in the spotlight at the UN climate change conference in Doha

Saturday 1 December 2012 10.12 EST
First published on Saturday 1 December 2012 10.12 EST

Lopen Gyeltshen is the chairman of the child protection unit of the central monastic body. He is seen here at Monastery Dechen Phodrang monastic school, Thimpu, BhutanPhotograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF

Principal of Losel Primary School in front of one of the buildings of the school, Thimpu, Bhutan. UNICEF fund teacher training for Gross National Happiness projects across BhutanPhotograph: Jean-Baptiste Lopez/UNICEF